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Rebecca Blaikie (born January 1, 1978 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician currently serving as the President of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
She is the daughter of Bill Blaikie, a former NDP Member of Parliament from Winnipeg, Deputy Leader of the party, and provincial cabinet minister. She has a degree in Canadian social history from the University of Winnipeg.
Candidate for the New Democratic Party
Blaikie was a candidate for the NDP in the 2004 Canadian federal election in then-Prime Minister Paul Martin's electoral district of LaSalle—Émard in Montreal, Quebec.She received 4.97% of the vote share, and was not elected. She did however receive a large amount of press coverage.
As executive director of the party's Quebec wing, she was one of ...

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